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Re: Silicon Sea: Leg 32
From: Millard Kirk
Date: 1997 Jul 31, 9:36 PM
From: Millard Kirk
Date: 1997 Jul 31, 9:36 PM
Dan Hogan wrote: Sight Reduction and Dead-Reckoning problem Leg 32 073097 Test your knowledge! 1.) SMG = 16.1 Knots CCMdGd = 105.2d 2.) EP = 11d 27.8'N 62d 19.8'E 3.) RL Dist = 798.6 nm TC = 123.2 4.) ZT = 1159 Date 28/06/1996 5.) ZD = +4 hrs must subtract 4 hours to find UTC or add 4 hrs to UTC to find ZT 6.) 7d 37.0' N 7.) We are south of our noon DR by 3d 15.35' Boy, the Capt. is going to be mad again LAN is way off from DR 8.) DR = 9d 05.4'N 64d 48.6'E Note: I do not understand why the LAN is so different from the Lat. of my DR position. Learning the Hard Way!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Millard Kirk KB8YQO Email - mkirk@marshall.edu 116 Lewis Ave Homepage- http://webpages.marshall.edu/~mkirk/ Barboursville, WV A West Virginia Blue Water Sailor 25504 (304) 736-6544 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@ronin.com: =-= =-= navigation =-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=
